A production line has a daily cost function , where is the number of batches produced. How many batches minimize the daily cost?

Answer and explanation

Correct answer: B.

  1. Step 1: The minimum of a quadratic function occurs at the vertex . Here and , so . **Answer: . Why not the others:** divides by without the factor of 2 (), is too high, and gives a higher cost of .

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